Pain Management by Retrobulbar Alcohol Injection in Blind Painful Eyes Due to Late-Stage Neovascular Glaucoma
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Pain management with retrobulbar alcohol injection in absolute glaucoma.
Ocular pain can be multi-factorial and often refractory to treatment, in spite of the myriad options available to the ophthalmologist for its management. Initial therapy entails the use of topical and systemic pressure lowering agents as well as anti-inflammatory/analgesics for the provision of relief. Those refractory to medical therapy may require surgical intervention in the form of cyclodes...
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عنوان ژورنال: Southern Clinics of Istanbul Eurasia
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2587-0998
DOI: 10.14744/scie.2016.02693